Anxiety disorder is a condition where patients experience intense involuntary physiological symptoms such as; feelings of disaster or death, being overwhelmed with negative emotions or thoughts. Physiological systems like shortness of breath, pain or pressure in the chest, heart palpitations, dizziness, hot flashes, chills, trembling, numbness, tingling in the extremities, sweating, nausea.
When can progress to episodes of muscle twitching or spasming, insomnia, depression, being in ‘fight of flight’ mode constantly, unexplained muscular aches and pains, nightmares, decreased libido. At this stage the patient’s thought patterns are conditioned around negative self talk in order to anticipate possible danger before it happens. Panic Attacks can start occurring if anxiety is not being managed.
Dr. Jamie works with you to determine the sources of the anxiety and triggers. She will explain what is going on with the body and develop a plan that will give you a path to a life that is not owned by anxiety and the horrible feelings and emotions that currently wreak havoc on your day.
This is usually done by working with the adrenal and thyroid systems to create balance. This allows the other systems being influenced by them to regain their normal operating level also. While this can be done with supplements prescribed by medical professionals, this doesn’t teach the systems to correct and do this by themselves. The goal is to have the body correct itself. This process includes empowering the patient with tools to cope with anxiety and to nourish the hormonal system and rebalancing
Anxiety doesn’t have to be a lifelong condition. With the correct information and training can soon be a thing of the past leaving you with a sense of deep peace and renewed energy .

Depression can be more than an emotional consequence of trauma or chronic stress. If you are reading this, you are probably well aware of what depression is. It can be a result of a chemical imbalance in the body, usually a lack of serotonin, which is our happiness hormone. Depression has an affect on the whole body. The nervous system, moods, the way you perceive the world, usually in a negative way, the way you eat, sleep and think about others and yourself. A general feeling of worthlessness, despair, suicidal thoughts, chronic fatigue, short bursts of anger, irritability, frustration, headaches, and body pain in most patients who suffer from this very debilitating condition.

Years of depression can place you in a catatonic-like state with no true feelings and no sense in living including a total withdrawal from the world and loved ones. Nothing gives you pleasure, and you are too tired to summon up any energy to lift yourself out of this state. Root causes can be found in trauma, chronic stress and elevated adrenalin overload, hyper stimulated immune system, thyroid disorders, dietary deficiencies, brain chemical imbalances, food allergies, hypoglycemia and even a hereditary predisposition.

Finding the root cause in this pervasive syndrome is key to finding a solution. Dr. Jamie believes in a full spectrum approach to addressing depression. This allows for quicker results. She creates a positive supportive environment and ensures you have the appropriate external support to tackle this condition. It’s important to know that this is a process and trust needs to be fostered and hope ignited without a false sense of expectation. It is possible to break free from these shackles.

The world can wear us down. Stress and Fatigue creeps in slowly over time. We forget that we cannot control the world, the people around us, how they behave, or the circumstances of our lives. We are in complete control of how we think and react to these situations, no matter how challenging they are. The key to stress and the consequent fatigue is that most people live in a reactive way. Realizing that we they have the power to change our lives by adapting our behavior and thought patterns which until then, have negatively impacted on the physical body. Stress drives an overload of adrenalin and cortisol, which hinders important processes like thought patterns, effective digestion & absorption, immune responses, and hormonal repair.

Chronic Fatigue is the result of ongoing Stress. The body uses all its energy to activate the body as it is in flight / fight mode. The initial step is to help you identify the physical negative effects that stress is having on your body and rebalance it. Dr. Jamie will work with you to determine the appropriate treatment options with you and discuss. Usually this includes the QUEX-ED sessions which teach the body how to respond with stressful situations. She also teaches you coping mechanisms to allow you to delay a reactive response to stress. The result is that you will adapt your reaction to stress and create a more harmonious mindset.

Allergies can wreak havoc on everyday life. Allergies, food intolerances, sinusitis, asthma, and hives can make it unbearable to go outside. You stay in your bubble so you can control what comes in and out. This is completely understandable because otherwise, the result can be extreme.

This can be the body’s learned, inappropriate immune response to a normally not harmful thing. It can be, in fact, something much deeper. Allergies can have a significant emotional component that the emotional portion does not feel safe subconsciously which causes the body to compensate. The most typical approach to is to remove the offender. This often leaves people having more and more allergic reactions, which leaves them more restricted. Dr. Jamie’s method is not to target the allergen but to calm down the immune system. This assists with its repair so it can revert to a state of appropriate reactivity.

There is a theory that many auto-immune issues can be linked to a debilitated immune system that has been damaged by oxidative stress, pathogens, PH imbalances or stressors that have caused a communication breakdown in how the immune system responds to inflammation. The cell to cell communication between organs and systems within the immune system is broken down , leaving the immune system paralyzed by inactivity or over responding in a specific area or damage to cells. Cooperation within the system and the whole the body must be repaired and deal with the inflammation caused by pathogens, inflammation being the very first immune response. A next step is to heal and repair the protective inflammation. This means incorrect or no messaging between the immune cells needs to be corrected. This will lead to reducing the inflammation, pain, and discomfort. Dr. Jamie utilizes multiple techniques to identify the sources of the breakdown and discusses with the individual the options.

Digestive imbalances lead to a variety of conditions such as gastric reflux, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, Crohn’s disease, constipation, bloating, diverticulitis, gallbladder disorders, liver issues, halitosis, hemorrhoids, malabsorption, and more. The challenge is to determine which areas within the digestive tract are in need of repair, nourishment, and identifying what can be effectively absorbed into a compromised digestive system. The digestive enzymes non-effectivity through bad lifestyle choices, smoking, stress and an overload of alcohol and coffee reduce the body’s ability to digest, process and absorb nutrition. Not having healthy flora in the entire digestive system can have a large impact on the body’s overall immune system by overloading the gut with toxic pathogens. A sluggish digestive tract effects other systems such as the liver, kidneys, and bones. The lack of nutrition inhibits the body from correctly producing hormones, enzymes, and white and red blood cells necessary in a healthy ecosystem. A compromised digestive system is probably the most important system that needs to be given attention as it can improve many conditions quickly. Using nutritional therapies, biofeedback, and other integrative techniques, you can address many conditions and learn how to take care of yourself physically for the rest of your life. The end results are amazing and leaves you with not only a physical state of wellbeing but a renewed passion in life as the gut is directly linked to the production of serotonin , the happiness hormone.

Most of us have had insomnia. When it becomes chronic, it can be go beyond occasionally frustrating to being miserable. It can affect your career, family, friends. It can start the slippery slope to Anxiety, Stress, and Depression. Insomnia is not a traditionally defined disease but a manifestation of a deeper underlying condition. It can be addressed much in the same way a such as depression, anxiety, and stress with some specific modifications to treat specific underlying issues in the mind and body to ensure success.

Typically, there can be some nutritional deficiencies that attribute to this condition; lack of calcium, magnesium, and B6 are examples of those. Systemic disorders in the endocrine system, high levels of cortisol & adrenalin, and some conditions in the liver, lungs, and kidneys can be contributors to insomnia. Also, there usually is subconscious factors of not feeling safe which will not let the conscious relinquish control to allow sleep. Leveraging the QUEX-ED, Dr. Jamie will identify which of the possible causes is enabling your insomnia and to assist in reducing the stress associated with Insomnia. Using integrative techniques, there can be suggested herbs and nutritional therapy as part of assisting individuals addressing this condition. Finding a solution can greatly impact your quality of life.

Embarrassment is probably the smallest issue when dealing with Skin Conditions. That’s saying something, and not in a good way. Skin conditions are stressful on the body. The constant itching and inflammation increases is the body’s response, but it is a never ending cycle. The body continues the cycle and there can seem like there is no solution.

Most skin conditions are related to the liver trying to deal with an overload of stress related hormones, toxic substances, and digestive issues such a leaky gut syndrome, constipation, or fungal overgrowth. The skin is acting as a detox system. It is necessary identify the organs and pathogens needs to be cleared so that the liver is doing its job and the skin no longer needs to be overcompensating.

Dr. Jamie will work with you and explain the integrative techniques that can assist in addressing these conditions. They usually include addressing the Skin condition on multiple levels. Including liver and blood cleansing, rebalancing of hormones, and replenishing the digestive flora and biofeedback to reduce the body’s response. Some conditions take much than others depending on toxicity levels and location.

Metabolic & Hormone conditions can be frustrating to work through. ‘It’s all in your head’ is a typical fall back when nothing can be identified. Hypothyroidism, Adrenal disorders, hypoglycemia are some of the conditions caused by metabolic imbalances in the body. These lead to stress, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. Dr. Jamie works with you to understand what is causing the compromised immune system responses. This includes environmental, chemical stressors, and other possible contributors which block normal metabolic pathways. This leads to congestion of the endocrine system. As always, Dr. Jamie works with you to find the root cause. She then gives you options for your path that can clear and repair these very complex and poorly understood systems. The starting point is to find out where the original imbalances lie, determine the functional deficiencies, and specific organs stressors. At that point, understanding the current state of the body, improvement can being.